I have knitted more Bainbridge scarves. I have used Jaeger Matchmaker and Wool Rich four ply, both bought in London. The yarn is quite thin about the gauge for Opal, it's soft and it doesn't itch. I'll probably buy more of both types when I go to Glasgow. These scarves are also Christmas presents.

Yeah, yeah, I can't say that the gold medal in the Norwegian soccer league is where it's supposed to be, but it's in Bergen this year. My husband is a Brann supporter so he's happy for the moment. Me? Not that much! I'm knitting my husband socks in his soccer team's colors, red and white. Should they have been knitted in gold yarn? No, better not overdo it. I'm really nice knitting them, since I'm a RBK supporter and their colors are black and white. But I better be nice to my husband since I'm leaving kids and the household to his command for five days. And besides, who knows how many skeins of yarn that want to bome home with me from Glasgow?

My daughters best friend wanted the same headband as my daughter. Well, it's really made for girls, but if he likes it, he should have one as well. Who says he can't? So I knitted a blue Calorimetry for him and hope he likes it.

Have you seen the movie Pay it forward? Haley Joel Osment's character comes up with a simple idea to change the world. Give three good deeds, the person who receives it must pay it forward. An easy thing but so difficult. Somebody has taken this idea and turned it into presents. I read about it in Pinneguri's blogg. I tracked it for some blogs back, and it is interesting to watch how it's spreading. You can be a part of this. “I will send a handmade gift to the first 3 people who leave a comment on my blog requesting to join this PIF exchange. I don’t know what that gift will be yet and you may not receive it tomorrow or next week… but you will receive it within 365 days, that is my promise! The only thing you have to do in return is pay it forward by making the same promise on your blog.”

You can be a part of this, just leave a comment here. You can mail me your adress.

Monday, October 15, 2007

Endelig har jeg klart å strikke to par votter, både venstre og høyre vott. Hurra for meg! Jeg må innrømme at på de brune vottene til lillegutt, måtte jeg rekke opp vott nummer to. Hadde jo som vanlig strikket to høyrevotter. De lilla vottene derimot, klarte jeg å strikke en høyre og en venstre uten å bomme. Ny rekord! Vottene er inspirert av disse vantene fra Drops. Jeg strikket i barnestørrelser og har brukt alpakka fra Garnstudio. Ungene syntes de ble veldig myke og gode. Fikk lyst på et par selv også. Må bare kjøpe litt mer alpakka-garn.Finally I have managed to knit two pairs of mittens, both left and right mitten. Hurray for me! I have to admit that I had to knit the brown ones for my son, twice. I had as usual knitted two righties! The purple ones on the other hand, I actually managed to knit without knitting one mitten twice. New record! The mittens are inspired by these from Drops. I have knitted in childrens size and have used alpaca from Garnstudio. The children loved them and thought they were soft. I could use a pair for me as well. Just have to buy more alpaca yarn.

I'm in on the Secret Pal 11 and there is a competition going on. I'm supposed to link to a pattern I like, and here it is. I like it very much and it is on my to-do-list. I know the pattern is in Norwegian, but I can translate it.

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Mannen og jeg hadde fem dager i London uten barn. Deilig å bare være kjærester, myse på livet og glemme klokka litt. Det er alltid mye som skjer i London, alltid mye å shoppe, alltid mye mennesker og alltid mye jeg vil oppleve og lover meg selv at det ikke skal bli lenge til jeg skal tilbake. Fikk vært en tur innom John Lewis. Mye fint garn der, og jeg er veldig glad for at de har John Lewis i Glasgow. Dit skal jeg nemlig om et par uker uten mann og barn. Da kan det hende jeg kjøper litt mer garn. Jeg plukket nå med meg fire nøster med mykt ullgarn. Har planer om å strikke skjerf til de som jobber i bhg i julegave. Har allerede startet på et Bainbridge skjerf av det ene nøstet.My husband and I hade five lovely days in London without the kids. So great to be a couple, enjoying life and forget about time and kids for a while. It's always busy in London, things are happening, always a lot of shops with a lot to shop, always a lot of people and always a lot of things I want to see and I promise myself it won't be long before I go to London again. I went to John Lewis. A lot of nice yarn there, and I am very happy they have a John Lewis in Glasgow. I'm going to Glasgow in a couple of weeks without husband and kids. I might buy more yarn then. This time I picked out four skeins of soft wool yarn. Have plans to knit scarves to the people working in the kindergarden with my kids to Christmas. I have already started on a Bainbridge scarf of one of the skeins.

I have heard a lot of Loop through Hobbyboden, so I just had to pop in there. Loop is situated outside the typical touristarea in London, but I dragged my husband there. He found a pub close to Loop, while I was shopping. I was a really good girl and didn't shop that much. Check out this lovely sockyarn. It's handdyed in lovely colors. I just have to find a beautiful sock pattern for this yarn.

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